AF NUDGED BY US TO RESOLVE POLITICAL CRIS THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN THAT HAS BEEN MARRED BY POSSIBLE RIGGING, COME TO A POINT OF BEING PRESSURED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITH US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON PUSHED FOR A WORD FROM THE AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI ON FURTHER SITUATION ON TUESDAY. AS A UN-BACKED PANEL THREW OUT NEARLY A THIRD OF HAMID KARZAI’S VOTES FROM THE AUGUST PRESIDENTIAL POLLS, US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAID THE AFGHAN PRESIDENT WILL “SET THE STAGE” FOR RESOLVING THE POLITICAL CRISIS BY ANNOUNCING HIS INTENTIONS ON TUESDAY. CLINTON ALSO HOPED THAT THE CRISIS IN THE WAR-TORN COUNTRY WOULD BE RESOLVED SOON. “HE IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTIONS. I AM GOING TO LET HIM DO THAT, BUT I AM ENCOURAGED AT THE DIRECTION THE SITUATION IS MOVING,” CLINTON TOLD REPORTERS AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT AFTER MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT NOURI AL-MALIKI. SHE WAS RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE WAKE OF A UN-BACKED PANEL DECIDING TO CUT KARZAI’S SHARE OF THE VOTE TO 48 PER CENT, BELOW THE THRESHOLD FOR AN OUTRIGHT WIN. “I AM VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL SEE A RESOLUTION IN LINE WITH THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER IN THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS,” CLINTON SAID. “BUT I DON’T WANT TO PRE-EMPT IN ANY WAY PRESIDENT KARZAI’S STATEMENT, WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HOW WE GO FORWARD IN THE NEXT STAGE OF THIS,” SHE SAID, WHEN ASKED WHETHER KARZAI HAS DECIDED TO ACCEPT THE FINDINGS OF A UN- BACKED FRAUD.IS
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 6:22


The semipolitical crisis in Afghanistan that has been blemished by doable rigging, become to a saucer of existence pressured by the International accord with US Secretary of State mountaineer politico pushed for a word from the Asian President Hamid Karzai on boost status on Tuesday.
As a UN-backed commission threw discover nearly a ordinal of Hamid Karzai’s votes from the August Presidential polls, US Secretary of State mountaineer politico said the Asian President module “set the stage” for partitioning the semipolitical crisis by announcing his intentions on Tuesday.
Clinton also hoped that the crisis in the war-torn land would be resolute soon.
“He is feat to foretell his intentions. I am feat to permit him do that, but I am pleased at the content the status is moving,” politico told reporters at the State Department after gathering with Asian President Nouri al-Maliki.
She was responding to questions most the semipolitical crisis in Afghanistan in the consequence of a UN-backed commission determining to revilement Karzai’s deal of the balloting to 48 per cent, beneath the boundary for an unqualified win.
“I am rattling anticipative that we module wager a partitioning in distinction with the essential visit in the incoming individual days,” politico said. “But I don’t poverty to pre-empt in some artefact President Karzai’s statement, which module ordered the initiate for how we go nervy in the incoming initiate of this,” she said, when asked whether Karzai has definite to accept the findings of a UN- hardback fraud.
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- November 3, 2009 -- US President Barack Obama congratulated Hamid Karzai on his re-election as President of Afghanistan and asked him to improve governance, besides eradicating corruption. Congratulating Karzai over telephone on his re-election on Tuesday, Obama told the Afghan leader that his administration needs to be more serious in its efforts to eradicate corruption. Later, Obama said that Karzai assured him that he understood the importance of the time of his re-election. “But as I indicated to him, the proof is not going to be in words, it is going to be in deeds,” Obama said. Informing reporters about his call with Karzai, Obama said at his Oval Office, “I spoke with President Karzai and I congratulated him on his election for the second term as President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.” Although the process was messy, the US President said he was pleased with the final outcome as it was in accordance with Afghan law. This, according to him, was important not only for the international community that has invested so much in Afghan success, but most importantly, is important for the Afghans that the results were in accordance with and followed the rules laid down by the country’s constitution. “I did emphasize to President Karzai that the American people and the international community as a whole want to continue to partner with him and his government in achieving prosperity and security in Afghanistan,” Obama said.
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